Machine for applying strips of tape to fabric.



No. 882,779. PATENTED MAR. 24; 1908.

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No. 882.779 PATENTED MAR. 24, 1908.

R. E. DODGE. MACHINE FOR APPLYING STRIPSOF TAPE T0 FABRIC APPLICATIONII-LEI) JAN. 2, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAYMOND E. DODGE, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CYRUSBREWSTER, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT.

MACHINE FOR APPLYING- STBIPS OF TAPE TO FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 24, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAYMOND E. DODGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Derby, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for ApplyingStrips of Tape to Fabric; and I do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, in

Figure 1 a front View partially in section of a machine constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 a top or plan view of the same withthe tape-carrying means broken away. Fig. 3 a sectional view on the lineab of Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 a broken side view of a footillustrating the means for lifting the upper feed roll.

This invention relates to an improvement in machines for applying stripsof tape to fabric.

In the manufacture of garments, and particularly corsets, strips of tapeare applied at certain points for the purpose of stiffening or shapingthe garment, and in the usual construction of the corsets these stripsare first basted and subsequently stitched.

The object of this invention is to provide a machine by which the stripsmay be glued or pasted in place to avoid the necessity of basting; andthe invention consists in the construction hereinafter described andparticularly recited in the claims.

In general form the frame of the machine is on the order of the frame ofa sewing machine comprising a plate or table 2, an upper arm 3 paralleltherewith and projecting from a vertically arranged post 4 in which thegearing is mounted. At the outer end of the arm is a depending foot orbracket 5 in which is mounted an upper feed roll 6 preferably inyielding hearing. In the table below the roll 6 is a slot 7 and mountedin brackets 8 below the table is a roller 9 which projects slightlyabove the face of the table. This roller 9 is mounted on a shaft 10which I will call the lower shaft and this shaft carries a pinion 11which meshes with a pinion 12 on the driving shaft 13 which is driven bya belt pulley 14 in the usual way. Extending through the upper arm 3 ofthe frame is a shaft 1.5 which I will call the upper shaft, and thiscarries a pinion 16 which meshes with an intermediate pinion 17 which isdriven by the pinion 12.

On the shaft 15 is a beveled gear 18 meshing with a beveled gear 19 on avertically arranged shaft 20 which shaft at its lower end carries abeveled pinion 21 meshing with a beveled pinion 22 on the axle 23 of theroll 6 so that the roll 6 is driven in one direction and the roll 9 inthe opposite direction. Arranged above the arm 3 is a tank 24 containingglue or other suitable adhesive material and in this tank and running inthe material is a pasting roll 25 formed in its circumferential facewith pockets 26 more or less in number, to pick up and carry theadhesive material. This pasting roll 25 is mounted on a shaft 40 whichis driven by a belt 41 from the driving shaft 13. Also mounted on theupper arm 3 is a vertically arranged post 27 having at its top a crossarm 28 supporting at the outer ends rollers 29 and 30. Secured to theupper edge of the tank 24 are shafts 31, 32 carrying idle rollers 33 and34. Mounted on the shaft 31 is a stripper 35 which removes surplusadhesive material from the feed roll 25.

Mounted in the post 27 is a horizontal arm 36 which supports a spool 37of tape or other suitable material, the strip of tape 38 passing fromthe roll down around the idler 34 over the pasting roll 25, thence underthe idler 33 up over the idlers 30 and 29, and thence down to the feedroll 6, the pasted side being downward. Preferably and as herein shown astripper 39 Will be arranged below the bed and in contact with the lowerfeed roll 9. Preferably and as herein shown, the foot 5 is cut away toreceive a bearing block 48 which is held in place by springs 49. Thisblock bearing upon the ends of the axle 23 of the roll 6 yieldinglyholds the roll in place. To lift the roll for the insertion of goodsbeneath it, I employ a bell crank lever 42 which is pivoted as at 43 tothe lower portion of the foot 5, and the arm 44 rojects beneath the endsof the axle 23. ivoted to the upper portion of the foot is an eccentric45 provided with an operating handle 46 by which it may be turnedagainst the upwardly extending arm 47 of the bell crank lever and sothat by turning the handle 46 forward the cam 45 is rocked, throwinglower shaft beneath the table and a feed roll the arm 47 rearward andthe arm 44 upward, leaving the axle against the tension of the springs41. To provide for lifting the aXle the beveled pinion 21 is keyed tothe shaft 20 so as to move vertically thereon. The strip having thusbeen pasted and brought to the feed rolls, a garment is passed betweenthe rolls, and the pasted strip is pressed thereon. The strip is thussecured in place until it can be stitched in the usual manner.

I claim:

In a machine for applying strips of tape to fabric comprising a table,an upper arm, a depending foot carried by the outer end of said arm, afeed roll mounted therein, a lower shaft beneath the table, and a feedroll carried thereby in line with the upper feed roll, an upper shaft,means for driving the upper and lower shafts, connections with the uppershaft for driving the upper roll, a paste tank, a pasting roll mountedtherein, and means for supporting a roll of tape and conducting the sameover the face of the pasting roll and between the said feed rolls,substantially as described.

2. In a machine for applying strips of tape to fabric comprising atable, an upper arm, a depending foot carried by the outer end of saidarm, a feed roll mounted therein, a

carried thereby in line with the upper feed 1 roll, an upper shaftextending through the upper arm, means for driving the upper and lowershafts, connections with the upper shaft for driving the said upperroll, a paste tank, a pasting roll mounted therein and formed in itsface with paste pockets, means for driving said pasting roll, an uprightpost having cross-arms, idler rolls carried by said arms, idlers carriedby the upper edge of said paste tank, a roll of tape mounted above thetank and adapted to be passed over the pasting roll and between the feedrolls, substantially as described.

3. A machine for applying strips of tape to fabric, comprising a table,an upper arm, a depending foot carried by the outer end of said arm, afeed roller supported in said foot, a bell crank lever pivoted to thefoot and having an arm projecting beneath the shaft of the upper roller,an eccentric for turning the said bell crank lever, means for drivingsaid feed rolls, and means for applying paste to the face of the stripand conducting the pasted strip to the feed rolls, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing Witnesses.

RAYMOND E. DODGE. Witnesses:

FREDERIO O. EARLE, CLARA L. I/VEED.

